Melba Hill, 29 October 1945, New York City, New York, USA. Based in New Yor… Read Full Bio ↴Melba Hill, 29 October 1945, New York City, New York, USA. Based in New York, Melba Moore first attracted attention in the Broadway production of Hair. Although she has continued her thespian inclinations, winning an award for her performance in the musical Purlie, Moore has also forged a successful singing career. 'This Is It', a minor US hit, reached the UK Top 10 in 1976, and although her pop chart placings have since been inconsistent, Moore remained a fixture on the R&B lists over the following decade. In 2010, Moore collaborated with producer Jimmy D Robinson on several Club/Dance singles. These singles are "Soul Freak", "Stop It", "Night Creatures", "One More Chance", "In The Fire", and "Moonchild." All of the singles have been released on MP3 Download format.

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Melba Moore Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Melba Moore:

A Little Bit More Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm... Tonight let's take our …
A Little Bit More (feat. Freddie Jackson) Tonight let's take our time, erase what's on our minds This…
A-Tisket A-Tasket A-Tisket A-Tasket A green and yellow basket I bought a baske…
Aquarius "Any person who alters, forges, knowingly destroys, knowingl…
Falling Seems like my life has finally come together Every day that…
I Am His Lady I am his lady I am running like a river. Shinning…
I Can't Complain Over and over, everyday You're better than before The love t…
I Can't Help Myself Sugar pie honey bunch you know that I love you I…
I Got Love I believe in love. I believe in love. I believe in love. I…

Is This the End This is it This time I know its the real thing And…
Lean on Me Just let me walk This road of life with you Step by…
Lift Every Voice and Sing When i was a little Girl just a long time…
Little Bit More Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm... Tonight let's take our …
Livin' For Your Love I got rid of what was loneliness When I found you…
Love and I Aren I believe in love. I believe in love. I believe in love. I…
Love's Comin' at Ya Love's comin' at ya (My love's comin' at ya) Love's comin'…
Never Say Never Patea ganzo patea Patea ganzo patea Patea ganzo patea Patea…
Other Side of the Rainbow My friend, what's on your mind? Tell me where do you…
Pick Me Up I'll Dance Chorus: Just pick me up I'll dance Dance to the music, dance…
Purlie I love to sit and hear him dream He tells it…
The Long And Winding Road The long and winding road That leads to your door Will never…
The Magic Touch She's got the magic touch And you're walkin' around in a…
This Is It This is it This time I know its the real thing And…
Tisket A Tasket A-Tisket A-Tasket A green and yellow basket I bought a baske…
Too Late It's not too late to dance Oh it's not too late Ladies…
You Left Me Ready or not we've got so much to say This feeling…

You Stepped Into My Life You stepped into my life And I'm oh, so happy You stepped…

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01Love's Comin' at Ya5:42

02Underlove

Melba Moore

03Mind Up Tonight5:22

04Knack For Me

05How's Love Been Treatin' You

06Don't Go Away4:10

07I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie-Honey Bunch)

08The Other Side Of The Rainbow

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Comments from YouTube:

@alibabathe40thieves20

3y↑2

Another Kashif production str8 classic👌🏾💥👌🏾💥

@solemandd67

4y↑10

I bought this album for this song the year I graduated high school and still have it.

@tonynegron1927

3y↑1

👍 I ♡ the 80's! 📻 Class of '83 📺 Early Mtv,Video Soul,Friday Night Videos etc. etc.

@ziskorv

11y↑7

KASHIF IS A BADASS PRODUCER

@healthnbeauty1194

3y↑1

Yeah I know. Kids nowadays don't know good soul music when they hear it

@ike8018

32w↑2

RIP Kashif 🙏.

@ericwhite9140

Closing out 2021 like this...it's been a brutal year and calling for a taste of yesterday.

@dcflava74

16y↑11

This is truly another Kashif production.Sounds like a faster version of Betcha she don,t love you,it,s like a fusion of soul,rock,R&B,disco and new wave all fused into one,definitely a masterpiece of a song along with Lilo Thomas singing background,lovin it.

@coachrobinson9958

37w

Sophisticated R&B/FUNK 🎵, Y'ALL!❤❤❤❤❤

@kevinlong5392

5y↑4

Kashif put his flavor down on this jam. This has to be played, loudly☺

@popetzm1

Still listening to this untouchable timeless classic in 2022 of January 10 2022

@dowsemeister

12y↑12

Kashif had a mini moog but he had just got the brand new Oberheim OBX-A, DMX drum machine with the sequencer. I got to check it out at his loft where he played me his new stuff for Evelyn. I went right to Manny's and got the same gear. I tried to copy his style like everybody did back then. Ha!Ha!

@marysebastian758

31w

Just heard this fabulous song on: The Good Grove Guide 91.8 Hayes FM!
First time hearing this, I absolutely love it!!

@TooSkinnyKenny

probably my favorite Kashif song and yet this song was left off her greatest hits CD.

@kevinlong5392

I found this cd on Amazon. Bump that! This joint fire 🔥🔥🔥

@TooSkinnyKenny

@Kevin Long the album is in a lot of bargain bins so I bought it for a buck and digitized the songs I like.

@ezekielthemack

16y↑3

The second single from the excellent Other side of the Rainbow album of 1982. Once again Kashif shows why he's one of the most underrated producers ever, with an excellent production, arrangments and of course the obligatory moog bass. And not forgetting, of course, an excellent vocal performance from Melba as always.

@sendmeham

11y↑3

80's music in general was the best, IMO. You may not agree, so we'll just agree to disagree. What you have to remember is that being at my age as in nearly 50 years of age, it was a very important part of our lives back then.

@jayelove1504

you said nothing wrong

@andreawalker8856

3y↑1

You sound great with all those hits. Andrea.

@Jonnn79

16y↑2

I love the synth in here...The spooky -sounding synth. Ira Siegel's guitar, that thumping synth bass, the electric drum hits, and even a little piano. This song is great. Kashif is a genius. I wish he still made music like this. This music will never die.

@folddpd1

8y↑20

R.I.P Kashif

@healthnbeauty1194

7y↑1

When did he die?

@marleyite

@Healthnbeauty1 : He has a heart attack in September 2016.

@16Sirens

36w

She is a powerhouse with her 🎵 s.........being a guiding light ✨️ in ❤

@kevinlong5392

6y↑3

This was Melba's best album. She had a lot of great songs on this head banger. Kashif, Lillo and Paul Lawrence had her back so it was destined to be a success...

@crosbonit

11y↑13

I still have this album! As well as "Never Say Never" and all of Kashif's albums and "Gravity" and "G Force" by Kenny G. Love those uptown feel LP's.

@desmondmorrison7317

Real classic Funky Love this song

@mark1968

11y↑5

Such a talented lady. This song is a classic.

@LithaJones-td2jx

21w

I haven't heard this song in years

@raymondmontoya5260

Love this, takes me back!

@timothyknights303

7y↑8

Love you always Melba!😀

@alejandroherrera7965

9y↑19

This album had great successes,in addition to this like ''Love's comin' at ya'' ''Mind up tonight''

@enmaxus

17y↑3

Oh wow! Thanks for posting this song. I have the cassette...lol. I love this song. Takes me back to my high school days when music was so good.

@judgedbytime

Amazing song

@lloydliutai7394

45w

Kashif on the track ❤

@redcreem

9y↑3

What a splendicious combination, Kashif, LILO Thomas and Melba singing, OMG, no wonder this and her 83 album are two of the funkiest albums of the early 80s . Check out her '' To Many Lovers '' track on her 1990 LP '' Soul Exposed '' coooooooool, so is the album cover, she looks gorgeous. HEY BAAYBAYEEE, how the f... does she sing with so much f..... FUNK, OMG, she's unbelievable.

@stillatit5085

Adrian Jobson .....you a real idiot bro.....ijs.

@redcreem

Denny Hilliard we both got Slave names, so that makes two of us

@stillatit5085

Adrian Jobson ....you just validated my comment.....idiot. Smh.

@redcreem

Archie Bell ' Harder and Harder ' Ronnie Jones ' You and I '

@redcreem

Frederick Knight ' Let Me Ring Your Bell ' Ronnie Dyson ' All Over Your Face '

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@EgYpTgIrL22

6y↑1

I love this beat and that voice, Ms Melba had it going on in her day...

@kevinlong5392

Yes, this song is "the lick" ☺

@ds80classics

12y

Awesome Tune from my teenage years! Kashif is all over this on the Synthesizer! Kashif was behind most of the R&B Hits or the early to mid 80's. Ladies & Gents, Boys and Girls this is real music! What I would do to relive those years in Brooklyn N.Y. It's funny a lot of this music was not well known in other parts of the US. WBLS killed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vaugh Harper.

@egmjag

16y

This song was played so many times in early 1983. I remember it too well. Yes, my high school days too; my second year. Music will never be as good as that time. I really doubt it. Music reached its peak in 1983.

@pdddddp1

10y↑6

"...mahmommadontlykeit,..mahdaddeedontlykeit,...turned out and UN-dah loooove..."

@thetasharagenechronicles8505

I love Melba Moore music I remember seeing her perform here in New York City a few years ago and I had a very very good time she has such a beautiful voice

@aiuchi101

4y↑1

Wow this is a vibe 👍🏾

@kevinlong5392

You better ask someone. I was a teenager when this came out and WBLS radio in New York used this crush this on the weekend mixes. Oh, I swear, these were the good ole days 👍👊😎

@martydaymudefromdc

Without question, one of her best dance tunes.

@mark1968

16y

I have not heard this song for 20 years. I have the 7" vinyl in the attic. Thank you!!

@MrJuly1990ish

11y↑1

"If music reached it's peak in 1983 there would never been a Whitney Houston or Michael Jacksosn." Not only that, but there wouldn't even have been the Adult Contemporary/Smotth Jazz movement that blew up, and was very popular in the mid to late 80's with such artist as: Sade Luther Vandross Anita Baker Lionel Richie Freddie Jackson Melissa Morgan Vanessa Williams Sting Regina Bell Annie Lennox Brenda Russell George Micheal And of course Melba & Kashif.

@MrJuly1990ish

11y↑1

Only reason why I say up to 2000, is because artist/groups like Lucy Pearl, Jill Scott, Angie Stone, Muisque, Maxwell, Badu, Indie Irie, Meshell ndegeocello or the "neo-soul" movement blew up for awhile, plus the return of SADE that year, gave us some really good music.

@seanh1503

NOTHING TO SAY BUT 💯👏👍💯,,🥰🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔥🔥🔥

@DJRico1968

10y↑6

80's Soul Classics Volume 5 - In a Nutshell Mix - Mixed By Groove Inc. for VinylMasterpiece

@cozene35

Love this song

@sandralawson18

15y

That's was best moment in that year summer of 1982. I was just 19 year old, when I first heard of Evelyn King, Madonna, Bettye LaVette, and Melba Moore. Ohooo! Just An Illusion by Imagination. I don't like radio Stations anymore, because they too songs, and they even don't know how to shut up when the music is finish or not. Sandra Dee Lawson. September 23 2009.

@reddvelvet1047

15y

You are so right, it does sound like a faster version of Betcha She Don't Love You. I love both tracks, but 'Betcha' is still number one on my list. This song was hot at Skate Key in NYC.

@safestud

17y

They are gems esp shakattak both full album nightbirds and 12'' single down in the street. Sometimes the record stores are not best. I love getting them at goodwill. I got set the tone 12'' brand new there which is rare and HOT!

@ldanzamariastile3536

Reminds me of my first and only love

@callumbrowns

16y

Great tune by Moore. Moore 80's please LOL.

@safestud

17y

and Chaka Khans what you gonna do for me. That one didnt have a video at the time so they showed the back of the album cover and played the track with that americas'top 40 gold record ring in the back ground turning hehe. I have the original technics 1100 a turntables that my buddy used to dj american top 40 show on sunday way way way before this video.

@sneckim

16y

Calling all Melba Moore fans, a Challenge: Pleeease post the long version of 'Lean on Me' on Youtube. It's my absolute favorite M.M. jam. No singer has ever held a note as long as she holds the note that ends that song! Melodic, dramatic, impressive, and down right admirable!!! I'll be checking back.

@timmy841212

14y

I read up on credits for this one. This is definitely a KASHIF production.

@hollowmenrule

13y↑1

this is so ahead of it's time, prince eat your heart out. have you HEARD prince's classic (80s) stuff lately? it has dated TERRIBLY. this sounds so fresh and fun. Whereas his stuff sounds forced and egotistical.

@toodyface

15y

Great track. Didn't know Kashif produced it!

@tightend4

16y

I agree it was the best!!!

@safestud

17y

I miss having an R&B chart. Just like back in the early 80's you would see casey Kasem do america's top 40. He would even show case tracks I remember as a kid watching. Taste of Honey sukiaki, Eveyln King's I'm In love. (Though put the champaigne back in her name after the success of her get loose album with love come down). Also cheryl Lynns Shake it up tonight.......

@safestud

17y

yes and so does the Never Say Never album and as a fan I have her purlie stuff to the mighty m Kashif/jones stuff. To her current or 05's My Heart Belongs To You. She still has it. Can still carry a tune to the moon and back. She can breathe well and still sound great carrying a tune. Too bad they mash up the generes to hip hop.

@reddvelvet1047

15y

Yes...that was the best line..."My Mama Don't Like It...."

@DISCOVEGASGUY

15y

Would love to find her album "Burn" from her short stint with Epic Records.

@pinche0scar

9 people are underloved

@Jonnn79

15y

I believe only Kashif and Melba did backing vocals on this one. But Freddie for sure did provide backing on "Love's".

@ArchieGe

Backing Vocals - B.J. Nelson , Lillo Thomas , Melba Moore Kashif

@soulchildsacomin

15y

Kashif, Freddie Jackson, and Lillo Thomas sound much alike with some differences with their vocal range. This version of "Underlove" is a bit different (the one I got on my ipod is a bit longer and has more of Melba ad-libbing). I think this is the single version that was used in the music video. The video is on the site (I think it was directed by the same people that did Imagination's video for "Just An Illusion" that also came out in 1982).

@ArchieGe

It's the Album version.
Freddie Jackson & Lillo Thomas were produced by Paul Laurence.
Who worked with Kashif & Morrie Brown under the Mighty M Productions name on Evelyn KingLove Come Down and Get Loose albums and this album.

@ARJD9972

16y

It's up.

@egmjag

12y

The people you mentioned appealed to the masses. They might have been considered "crossovers" in the early 80s, which is what R&B artists were labeled if they appealed to pop-oriented audiences. Surely Jackson and Houston had wonderful voices but I only cared for a few of Jackson's songs and Houston never really appealed to me. It's the style of music that I'm referring to more so than the artist. Great artists to me are Patrice Rushen and Evelyn King. Their music was more R&B than pop.

@palmiccz

12y

@egmjag Disco music reached its peak in 1979 man. But this is also very cool.

@sheikhabrahim3463

11y

Good music continued up to the early 90's.The rest is hog wash in my opinion.

@ArchieGe

11y

yhanks 4 the info

@pdddddp1

13y

mahmommadontlikeit......mahdaddeedontlikeitturnedoutandUNDERlooove!........nice.

@safestud

17y

I dont know but I have some imports of special versions of fatback, bar-kays, stephanie mills etc. I was lucky one day I went to a pawn shop and seen them brand new and all imports too. Including man parish hip hop on polydor part one and two, Julia and co Break it down (sugar samba), patrice rushen, loose ends, couple various artist lps with jones girls, curtis hariston, dayton, lydia murdock. ALL FOR 1.00 EACH. I went to buy some tools and came out with records instead lol.

@brucerivera7754

7y↑1

👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

@ArchieGe

11y

welcome back i guess :)

@Westside7be

15y

exactly, sounds very Kashif like, and it's a bit more 'break" like then Melba's usual songs at that time

@crosbonit

11y

I was talking about Beyoncé, not Melba Moore, while responding to July1990ish. Trust me, brah, I'm with you every step of the way concerning 80's music.

@safestud

17y

no not on the show they just showed the cover of the album just like on chaka's. Yeah it does sound like that. Kashif had some great stuff. What I am looking for is the one he did with the group ZINC. Zinc is an act put together by jacques fred petrus. He was responsible for acts like change, richie family (80s recast), BB&Q, Macho, Revenche, High Fashion, Zinc, Rudy, Caprice and such. Even carol williams Cant get away had that sound. Anyway Kashif worked on a Zinc track or two.

@kennethhart2780

Dear listeners Evelyn king is doing the background vocals

@ArchieGe

Sorry but she is not. Song credit were already in Info part.
Backing Vocals - B.J. Nelson , Lillo Thomas , Melba Moore, Kashif.
But for a great resource for album credits visit discogs
https://www.discogs.com/Melba-Moore-The-Other-Side-Of-The-Rainbow/release/870416

@toodyface

12y

@Therealanimale I agree.

@swirlclown

15y

Chop it and Screw it someone!

@egmjag

12y

@palmiccz I guess I didn't specify what kind of music reached its peak in 1983. I meant funk. I never liked disco which this clearly isn't. I know most people called funk music disco for obvious reasons but I knew the difference especially when the song's speed was a lot slower than disco. There were different kinds of funk too, so some funk in 1980-82 did resemble disco. The dead giveaway was usually the blue note(s). Funk is earthy and more like a genre of rock 'n roll.

@djkrushinphx

15y↑1

I'm trying to figure out if that is indeed Freddie Jackson doin some of the hooks on this song. I believe I heard he did on her song "Love's Coming At Ya"

@ArchieGe

Love's Comin' At Ya Backing Vocals are
Alyson Williams, B.J. Nelson, Fonzi Thornton, Freddie Jackson, Lillo Thomas, Melba Moore, Phillip Ballou

@alexdu95140

pourquoi le son est bloqué en France ? obligé de me servir de hotspot free pour apprécier!

@marcusrob02

9y↑2

I love this track.....but what exactly is an "underlove"?

@jayelove1504

7y↑3

Underlove.....means Im gettin cut short....when I should have all of all.....

@stillatit5085

Marcus Rob ,not a ' thing ', but a condition

@crosbonit

11y

Why 2000? Putting the red line on 1983 is a little early, but 2000? I'd say the lights went out about 1995 or so.

@SteelAVic18

12y

Are you serious? If music reached it's peak in 1983 there would never been a WHITNEY HOUSTON or MICHAEL JACKSON to carry on the legacy.

@sendmeham

11y

No worries. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

@starlenechavez5668

👅

@warrenmacdonald6797

horrible! and i love Melba Moore.

@MrJuly1990ish

11y

Strongly disagree, I think it reached it's peak in the year 2000.

@egmjag

11y↑2

There were some good songs here and there but nothing compared to the early 80s period. Too much technology, less use of real instruments, crappy lyrics, and the need by artists to appeal to any and everybody contributed to unrefined, boring junk. Just like society and most musical genres, things are degenerating--not improving.

@MrJuly1990ish

11y↑1

Lol!! Beyonce is just a mix/copy cat of Tina Turner (her look) Donna Summer (her singing) and Janet Jackson (her dancing) for this "generation" in my opinion.

@crosbonit

11y↑2

I guess, but as far as I'm concerned, she's way overrated. I can hardly stand to watch people swooning over her like she just stepped down from the clouds or something.